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Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Actor·b. 1939·Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

9 horror credits

Harvey Johannes Keitel (born May 13, 1939) is an American actor known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters. He rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement, and has held a long-running association with director Martin Scorsese, starring in six of his films: Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), Mean Streets (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and The Irishman (2019).

Keitel received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of Mickey Cohen in Bugsy (1991). He won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Piano (1993). Other films include Blue Collar (1978), Thelma & Louise (1991), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Holy Smoke! (1998), Cop Land (1997), and Youth (2015).

He has acted in the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Isle of Dogs (2018). He played FBI Agent Peter Sadusky in both National Treasure (2004), and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2006) and reprised his role in the Disney+ series National Treasure: Edge of History (2022). From 1995 to 2017, he was a co-president of the Actors Studio, alongside Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn.

Actor9 films

Red Dragon

Red Dragon

Jack Crawford

2002 2.3
Little Nicky

Little Nicky

Dad

2000
Presence of Mind

Presence of Mind

The Master

2000
From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn

Jacob Fuller

1996 3.0
Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant

LT

1992 3.8
Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs

Mr. White / Larry Dimmick

1992 4.0
Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes

Roderick Usher

1990
Saturn 3

Saturn 3

Benson

1980
Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

Sport

1976 4.3

Producer1 film

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs

Co-Producer

1992 4.0